While helping Jules recover from heart failure, his Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute team implanted a CardioMEMsTM remote patient monitoring sensor in his pulmonary artery. Now that Jules is home, it sends daily pressure readings to his team to help them stay on top of even slight differences in his condition.

“We can often detect changes about 20 days before he might start to feel them,” said Iani Patsias, MD, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.

“We can often make adjustments to medications without them having to come in for a visit, helping them to better control symptoms from home,” said Tami Ward, APRN, Advanced Heart Failure. “It not only helps the patient, but also family members who help care for them.”

“They always check with us,” said Marguerite, Jules’ wife. “I don't have pressure caring for him like I used to have. I thank them all the time, nonstop.”